title: A flower-shaped cannula for three-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
abstract: A simple flower-shaped cannula, in which up to three laparoscopic instruments can be inserted and manipulated freely, is described. Using this cannula, a three-incision gasless laparoscopic cholecystectomy can be performed easily.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Otani
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kaji
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fukasawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Osawa
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Seki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawamura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Makuuchi
mesh_terms: D000009:Abdominal Muscles / Q000601:surgery; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic; D006801:Humans; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D012189:Retrospective Studies